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  • The up-close and space-to-space combat is OK, and they capture many other aspects of military life somewhat accurately, but in many other areas they fail again and again.

    Thoughts On Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5 So Far 2009

  • One side aims to seed commercial launch and on-orbit activities with different elements designed for space-to-space use are flown to orbit by different smaller carriers (catalyzing a commercial launch market) and assembled into much larger vehicles and facilities (catalyzing a commercial on-orbit industrial base) that then depart for the far frontier.

    Rick Tumlinson: The Senate Launch System Rick Tumlinson 2011

  • There are ideas (and patents) relating to beaming power from earth to GEO sats to extend their lives, and I see no reason why space-to-space isn't possible.

    California looks to Future Power Sources - NASA Watch 2009

  • “Collision course!” yelled Griggs over space-to-space radio.

    Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998

  • “Collision course!” yelled Griggs over space-to-space radio.

    Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998

  • Let's get down to business: You're on the space-to-space board, but I want to send a special to Luna City.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • The Valkyrie was a space-to-space ship, not like the sleek-sided jobs we see around earthports; she was covered with handholds for the convenience of repairmen at the terminals.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • The space-to-space vehicles are all nuclear powered.

    A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959

  • City Hall was an obsolete space-to-space vessel, globular, and perhaps thirty years old.

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

  • Russia could manufacture lighter but more advanced ASAT weapons with space-to-space missiles and launch them into geostationary (36,000km) orbits.

    Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense 2008

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